Law firm profile

Funto Law Firm, established in 2015 with offices set up in both Foshan and Guangzhou, is specializing in complicated intellectual property litigation and criminal prosecutions. Funto has rich experiences and best practices in helping well-known multinational and Chinese brand holders to successfully obtain and secure monetary relief against IP infringements of trademarks, patents and unfair competitions, as well as to build a deterrent against future infringements.  It's worth mentioning that Funto has been awarded by powerful authorities and organizations, including the "Most Promising Law Firm in South and Central China for the Year 2022" by ALB, "Excellent Intellectual Property Litigation Outstanding Team" by IPlead, "Influential Intellectual Property Law Firm" by LexisNexis and rated as " Excellent Law Firm of Foshan City " by Lawyers Association of Foshan City.

Awards of FUNTO

1.On 15th Nov, 2023, the Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the shortlist for the " ALB China Regional Market Legal Awards in South China & Central China for the Year" in 2023.FUNTO was listed for the "Local Dispute Resolution Law Firm in South & Central China for the Year", "Local Intellectual Property Law Firm in South & Central China for the year", Ms. Orange He was listed for the "Local Young Lawyer of the Year in South & Central China for the year" and finally Ms. Jun He was awarded as the "Woman Lawyer in the South & Central China for the year". This marks another reputation for FUNTO following the "Most Promising Law Firm in South and Central China for the Year" in 2022.

2.On 18th Aug 2023, FUNTO was rated as "Influential Intellectual Property Law Firm" by LexisNexis. Mr. Tom CHEN, Ms. Orange He and Ms. Jun He were awarded as "Elite IP lawyers".

3.The WeChat public account "Dao Fang Tu Shuo" was awarded the "Influential Social Media in IP Profession".

4.On July 28th 2023, Ms. Jun He, was listed for the " Legal 50 Under 50" by IPR Daily.

5.On July 18th 2023, The legal document "Supplementary statement of Attorney Regarding XXX Company was Manufacturer" written by Lawyer Ms. Orange He won the second prize of the selection and evaluation competition for the first Guangdong Lawyers' Top 100 Excellent Legal Documents conducted by the Guangdong Lawyers Association.

6.On April 11th 2023, a case we represented the plaintiff was selected as one of the " South China Intellectual Property Litigation Excellent Cases in 2022"

7.On March 3rd 2023, Ms. Jun He was Listed as one of the "Top 50 Excellent Intellectual Property Lawyers in China" for the fourth consecutive year by Legal Vision.

8.On 23rd Dec 2023, at the "7th Tianyi Intellectual Property Forum" paper review competition jointly organized by the Ningbo Lawyers Association and the Intellectual Property Law Research Committee of the Ningbo Law Society, the article "A Study on the 'Substantial Connection' in Cross-Category Protection of Well-Known Trademarks: From the Perspective of Case Studies," written by FUNTO's founding partner, Mr. Tom Chen, was awarded the third prized

9.ALB: The Most Promising Law Firm in South China & Central China, 2022

10.Excellent Law Firm of the city Foshan, 2018-2020

11.Listed in China Intellectual Property Litigation Agency Elite List by IP house and IP lead,2020-2021

12.Listed in Outstanding Intellectual Property Litigation Team List by IP house and IP lead, 2019

13.Outstanding Lawyers of Guangdong

14.Outstanding Lawyers of the city Foshan

15.The Top 50 China IP Lawyer List by IP house and IP lead

Practice Areas

• Patents
• Trademarks
• Copyrights
• Unfair Competition
• Trade Secrets